HW5 Instructions

Here is an exceprt of the instructions for homework five from the assignments page

Follow the techniques shown in the textbook pp.159-164 to make sure the #navigation div and pseudo-links work like the ones above

Follow the techniques shown in the textbook pp.166-167 to create and save a spacer image in Photoshop and add the background-image property to the #container div of the CSS styles sheet

Answer all of the questions to the right

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict

Questions derived from Lesson 6

Examine the CSS in this document and provide explanations for the following:

  1. Why does the left column color continue all the way to the footer in spite of the fact that the content ends sooner than the right column? Your answer here
  2. What is the default display property of the list-item tag? Your answer here
  3. Explain which specific properties enable a list-item to appear as it does in the navigation at the top of this page? Your answer here

Questions derived from Lesson 8

  1. What is the default unit of measurement on the rulers in Dreamweaver?
  2. How do you change it? Your answer here
  3. When creating web sites in Dreamweaver CS4, why is it necessary to consider the size of your users' monitors? Your answer here
  4. What is the tag selector? Your answer here

Questions derived from HTML 5 article

  1. The HTML 5 doctype been simplified. Write out an HTML 5 DTD on your homework page.
  2. List three of the semantic markup tags that HTML 5 introduces.